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North Sea oil 'will last for half a century' [06/05/2008 11:33 AM]
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The North Sea isn't running out of oil at all, industry analysts say
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B&B: Last rights for underwriters [06/05/2008 10:59 AM]
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There has been an enormous amount of agitation about the Bradford & Bingley rights issue with motormouths across the Square Mile sounding off
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Complaints over air tickets double [06/05/2008 10:59 AM]
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Air passenger complaints about booking errors have more than doubled as consumers are left out of pocket because of mistakes made by airlines
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RBS poised to clinch vote on rights issue [06/05/2008 10:59 AM]
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After months of nail-biting and wild swings in the share price, Royal Bank of Scotland's controversial £12bn rights issue looks set for success
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Lloyds picks up Rock fixed-rate customers [06/05/2008 10:59 AM]
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Lloyds TSB today struck a deal with the former building society to switch thousands of its fixed-rate mortgage customers across to the sign of the Black Horse
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Market report: Thursday latest [06/05/2008 10:59 AM]
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09.20:Billionaire George Soros' warning that the boom in commodity prices could turn out to be a 'super bubble', may have dire consequences for the London stock market
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Crackdown could spell end of PPI rip-off [06/05/2008 10:59 AM]
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Consumers are being overcharged for payment protection insurance - cover on credit cards and loans - by £1.4bn a year, the competition watchdog has said
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House prices fall £15,000 since August [06/05/2008 10:59 AM]
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The average home has fallen in value by more than £15,000 since the peak in August last year according to the latest Halifax house price report
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The Bank of England's tug-of-war [06/04/2008 07:42 PM]
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The government would dearly like to reform the Bank of England's stability wing to give it more authority to act in financial crises
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Taxman must offer real pensions help? [06/04/2008 07:42 PM]
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HMRC has bowed to pressure over the tax burden on those with small pensions, but still the taxman and our leaders don't seem to understand the real problems
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Barclays bigwig makes £15m from house [06/04/2008 07:42 PM]
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The wealthy City banker hired by Boris Johnson to help raise money for London's deprived teenagers has landed a £15m profit from selling his house
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Apple starts online film rentals [06/04/2008 07:42 PM]
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Apple today pledged to kill the high street video store with a new online film rentals service
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Banks hit for £70bn since Rock disaster [06/04/2008 07:42 PM]
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More than £70bn has been wiped off the value of the big banks since the Northern Rock debacle
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Darling faces MPs over 10p tax band [06/04/2008 07:42 PM]
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Chancellor Alistair Darling today faces a grilling from a senior MPs over his effort to help victims of abolishing the 10p tax rate
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70,000 homes 'facing council tax hike' [06/04/2008 07:42 PM]
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More than 70,000 households are paying hundreds of pounds extra in council tax after Labour revalued their homes 'by stealth', it has been claimed
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28% of young buyers priced out [06/04/2008 07:42 PM]
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More than one in four young people are priced out of their local housing market with matters made worse by the credit crunch, research showed today
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FSA shuts down 'land banking' firm [06/04/2008 07:42 PM]
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The Financial Services Authority is looking to close down the UK's largest 'land banking' scheme selling Green Belt land with promises of development potential
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Market report: Wednesday close [06/04/2008 07:42 PM]
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17.00:Another major City player has come out saying that trading conditions for housebuilders are set to get worse, paving the way for another sell-off
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Revealed: Europe drives up UK gas bills [06/04/2008 07:42 PM]
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Energy prices are rising faster in Britain than almost anywhere in Western Europe because foreign suppliers are rationing our own gas
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Experts call for 0.75% bank rate cut [06/04/2008 07:42 PM]
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Interest rates must be cut in Britain to stave off a painful economic slowdown, experts have warned
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Market report: Wedneday preview [06/04/2008 07:37 AM]
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07.30:UK blue chips are set to open lower after a Nationwide building society survey showed that UK consumer confidence has hit a new low
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Bernanke dampens hopes of US rate cuts [06/04/2008 12:16 AM]
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US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has told those hoping for further interest rate cuts: don't hold your breath
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United Utilities earn £475m as bills rise [06/04/2008 12:16 AM]
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United Utilities reported a 17% surge in underlying pre-tax profits as it raised water bills for 7m people and 2.9m households by 8.3%
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Investment fund sales get a boost [06/04/2008 12:16 AM]
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Investment fund sales in April more tripled that of March with sales rising from a meagre £409m to £1.5m - the best for a year - as investors regained confidence
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Rising food costs outstrip parts of Europe [06/04/2008 12:16 AM]
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Food prices are rising at their fastest rate since at least 1996 and more quickly than in many other parts of Europe
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